He will not merely help us turn over a new leaf; he will actually give us a new life.

It’s easy to be discouraged when you see a tiny trickle of people coming into your congregation. But if that trickle is good, solid growth, it’s much more likely to be growth that lasts.

For those seeking to turn around a declining church, the challenge of paying the bills is often daunting.

Serving the church is not merely a job; it is an all-consuming responsibility that can threaten a family.

We can’t always see what God is up to, either on the global stage of world history or on the smaller stages of our lives and decisions.

What does countercultural Christianity look like in America today?

The ministries in which women participated are among the markers of genuine Christianity in a community and these ministries led to the growth of the early church.

Ensuring our Christian communities are “high group” isn’t just a question of growth. In a post-Christian America, it’s a question of survival.

While the attributes of God’s wrath and God’s love may seem to clash to our spiritual ears, they were in perfect harmony in Jesus’ death on the cross. 

Separating vocational ministry from academic ministry is something I would encourage you to avoid.